Clubs affiliated with England Athletics will be able to apply for club entries into the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon. Club entries will open towards the end of October. The number of entries given to each club is based on how many first claim registered members over the age of 18 the club has. Please ensure yor registration are up to date to be ready to apply for you club places.

Number of registered athletes over the age of 18

Number of entries

1-99

1

100-199

2

200-299

3

300+

4

It is the club secretary’s responsibility to ensure runners are entered and registration is completed; failure to register will result in the runner not gaining an entry into the event.

Do you qualify?
If you're a member of an athletics club affiliated with England Athletics (or one of the other home countries associations), are a registered athlete with that club and you achieve(d) a championship-qualifying performance for a marathon (or half marathon) in 2016 or 2017, you are able to apply for a championship entry place in the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon.

You will need to have completed a marathon (or half marathon) in the same time, or faster than, the times listed below – these are the official championship qualifying performance times. Your qualifying time must be achieved after 1 January 2016:

Men

Time

Women

Time

Full marathon

Sub 2:45

Full marathon

Sub 3:15

Half marathon

Sub 1:15

Half marathon

Sub 1:30

You must be registered with your National Governing Body (i.e. England Athletics, Scotland Athletics, Welsh Athletics, Athletics Northern Ireland) otherwise your application will be rejected by the Virgin Money London Marathon. If you are unsure whether or not you are registered, please check your profile at www.englandathletics.org/myprofile.

Please note: If you already have a Good for Age place in the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon you did not need to apply again. Please email championshipentries@londonmarathonevents.co.uk from January for instructions on how to upgrade your entry.

Brighton Half Marathon results
Following the announcement that the course used for the Brighton half Marathon in 2016 was 146m short of the 13.1-mile distance, London Marathon Events Ltd has reviewed its Championship qualification process.

London Marathon Events Ltd will continue to accept times recorded in the Brighton Half Marathon in 2016 for Championship time qualification for the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon, with the following conditions:

For female runners, thirty-eight (38) seconds will be added to the official finish time

For male runners, thirty-one (31) seconds will be added to the official finish time

Registered athletes

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